Learning Technologies Newsletter
February 2015
Exciting New Developments in Communication
In Year 1
In Year 2
The children in Year 2 have been busy with Blendspace; collecting videos, images and websites related to places they want to visit. Next, the children will have a go at Google Tour Builder, and pin the places they wanted to visit and get a sense of where they are in relation to Hong Kong.
In Year 3
In Year 3 the children consolidate their learning of the human body by creating a word cloud on Tagxedo to identify key words within their favourite body system. In line with their new UOI, the children will be developing a wider range of technology vocabulary and awareness for their rights and responsibilities as citizens of the digital world.
In Year 4
In Year 4 the children have developed a deeper understanding in 3 dimensional shapes and their properties in ICT through Google Sketchup. In preparation for their sharing day, the children used their knowledge of shapes to create original structures. For the next few weeks, the children will be learning about their rights and responsibilities as digital citizens and how technology has evolved to become a more important part of everyday life.
In Year 5
In Year 5 the children have become familiar with the CRAB (Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Balance) design concept as well as the effective persuasive techniques used in charity commercials (i.e. Having a strong narrative, targeting the emotions, and having the shock factor). They will be spending the next few weeks working on a commercial to raise awareness for the Immanuel Kindergarten and promote their businesses.
In Year 6
In Year 6 the children will collaborate in small groups to focus on an aspect of being a good digital citizen (i.e. Digital footprint and cyberbullying). They will work together to build a presentation to share with the rest of the class and will have a go at assessing not only their own performance, but also their peers’ performances.
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